Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Another tall building for Forest Hills

August 2013:
Coming soon to 71st Road and Queens Blvd: 17 floors and 100 residential units, courtesy of the BSA.
March 2014

Take some small comfort in knowing that the original proposal was for 136 units.

But haven't they gotten the memo that highly reflective glass is bad for migrating birds?

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

How much strain can the infrastructure take? Find out during the next big storm!

Anonymous said...

Why is this news? doesn't this happen all the time, the fact that BSA gives in to developers?

Anonymous said...

being on a hill, this area escaped with almost no damage

big problem now is the subway crowding. some trains arrive at 71st with no room on them

Anonymous said...

Queens Blvd is a wasteland. If this keeps these monsters out of other parts of the city, then so be it.

Sacrificial Lamb.

A Better NYC said...

I heard that every unit in that building is already sold. Although I can't confirm if that's actually true.

Anonymous said...

good luck getting your kids into PS196. the school is full. a year or two ago they had to turn kids away from the kindergarten class because there was literally no room

Anonymous said...

And it's already so easy to park in Forest Hills...

Anonymous said...

Ideally, it would be nice to see the abandoned Parkway Hospital site nearby developed into a school. But that won't happen. Nobody knows what's happening there.

Anonymous said...

i doubt these types of people are sending their kids to public schools.

Anonymous said...

I hate that blue reflective glass, just awful.